Important Idioms and Phrases for Upcoming SBI PO Exam – Part 2

Important Idioms and Phrases for Upcoming SBI PO Exam – Part 2

31. To starve off – Postpone

32. To give a piece of mind – To reprimand

33. Rest on laurels – To be complacent

34. Pay through nose – Pay an extremely high price

35. Draw on fancy – Use imagination

36. Turn an honest living – Make an legitimate living

37. Give the game away – Give out the secret

38. Cheek by jowl – Very near

39. Give in – Yield

40. Run riot – Act without restraint

41. Go through fire and water – Undergo any risk

42. Talking through hat – Talking nonsense

43. Put up with – Tolerate

44. By fits and starts – Irregularly

45. Reading between the lines – Understanding the hidden meaning

46. Get the sack – dismissed from

47. Pros and cons – Considering all the facts

48. By leaps and bounds – Very Quickly

49. In the good books –In favour with boss

50. In the long run – Ultimately

51. To be always one’s beck and call – At one’s disposal (ready to serve one’s master)

52. Turn a deaf year – Disregard/ignore/refuse

53. At one’s wit’s end – Puzzled/confused/perplexed

54. To fight tooth and nail – To fight in a determined way for what you want

55. The green-eyed monster – Used as a way of talking about jealousy

56. Set the record straight – Give a correct account

57. Good Samaritan – Helpful person

58. Bad blood – Angry feeling

59. To go to the whole hog – To do it completely

60. Lay out – Spend

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